South Sudan’s child soldiers hope for good lives after civil war

South Sudanese children released by armed groups attend a ceremony in the western town of Yambio, South Sudan February 7, 2018. [File, Reuters]

By the time Baba John escaped the tribal militia he had joined as an 11-year-old, he had long stopped counting the number of people he had killed.

“I shot people. We all did,” said Baba John. “I received a gun and was told how to shoot and point the gun. I don’t remember how many I shot but there were many.”